Tricked Out News with Disqus

I might as well work here Joined: Nov 16, 2009 Posts: 61

Hi Bobby.

I tried to use Disqus for RavenNuke but I got errors. Can you point me where or what files I have to modify. It will be nice if you share your files to make the modification. I guess I have to create an API too. Please le me know. Lots of sites are running Disqus. It looks really powerfull and smooth. Very Happy

Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:21 am Post subject:

I am in the finishing stages of releasing the modification. I still have a few more tweaks that need to be done. It will be in the forums soon.
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I might as well work here Joined: Nov 16, 2009 Posts: 61

Thanks, it will be nice. I gotta go right now. I think it will be a long day today. See u soon.

Regular Joined: Nov 01, 2010 Posts: 15

hey! give it news to this cool addon? i would like to insert it in the ravennuke. where can i add the code from disqus... at the end of the article.php?

Posted: Fri Dec 17, 2010 11:05 am Post subject:

In the standard RavenNuke news module, look in articles.php and find:

Code:

if ((empty($mode) || $acomm == 0 || $articlecomm == 1) && $mode != 'nocomments') {


   include_once 'modules/News/comments.php';


}

That is what should be replaced with the Disqus code.
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Regular Joined: Nov 01, 2010 Posts: 15

thanks. but i have a problem. the comments don't work in all articles. in 3 ids display the comment field but in all other articles i become this notice: "We were unable to load Disqus. If you are a moderator please see our documentation on identifier and urls." my identifier is $sid. i have try it with your disqus code but i beome the same.

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 11:39 am Post subject:

Hmmm. That may be a Disqus issue. If it works on one, it should work on all. Send me a link and I will look at it and see is the sid is loading correctly within the page.
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Super Dev Donkey Joined: May 08, 2009 Posts: 57 votes: 1

I did mine a little differently, this might work for you.. replace YOUR_SHORTNAME Wink

modules/News/article.php
add $nukeurl to your global statement

Code:

global $multilingual, $currentlang, $admin_file, $user, $nukeurl;

I'm using shortlinks so notice how I constructed the url, change if you are not using. I disabled built-in comments and added at the bottom of page..
FIND

Code:

if (is_admin($admin)) {

BEFORE ADD

Code:

   // Disqus


   $articleurl = $nukeurl.'/article'.$sid.'.html';


   OpenTable();


   echo '<div id="disqus_thread"></div>


   <script type="text/javascript">


      var disqus_shortname = \'YOUR_SHORTNAME\'; 


      var disqus_identifier = \''.$module_name.'-'.$sid.'\';


      var disqus_url = \''.$articleurl.'\';


      (function() {


         var dsq = document.createElement(\'script\'); dsq.type = \'text/javascript\'; dsq.async = true;


         dsq.src = \'http://\' + disqus_shortname + \'.disqus.com/embed.js\';


         (document.getElementsByTagName(\'head\')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName(\'body\')[0]).appendChild(dsq);


      })();


   </script>


   <noscript>Please enable JavaScript to view the <a href="http://disqus.com/?ref_noscript">comments powered by Disqus.</a></noscript>


   <a href="http://disqus.com" class="dsq-brlink">blog comments powered by <span class="logo-disqus">Disqus</span></a><br />';


   CloseTable();


   // Disqus

Regular Joined: Nov 01, 2010 Posts: 15

yeah it works! thanks, spasticdonkey!

Posted: Sun Dec 19, 2010 1:08 pm Post subject:

Awesome. Thanks Spastic.... Smile

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Super Dev Donkey Joined: May 08, 2009 Posts: 57 votes: 1

hey no problem, looks like we were posting @ same time last round.. Smile

found it was important to define both the disqus_identifier and disqus_url so that the comment counter code works correctly (at least the compliant version)

disqus is smart enough to merge threads at different addresses using the same disqus_identifier (i.e. if comments are entered at a shortlink and non shortlink version of a page, your site can be accessed with and without WWW, etc), but the comment counts will only reflect comments made at the target of the link, not the "merged" total. Kinda confusing, but hope that made sense.

lol, and before anyone asks here's the code changes for the standard news index to add disqus comment counts.
notice you do not use language defines as those settings are configured @ disqus
yourshortnamehere.disqus.com/admin/settings/appearance/
also remember to replace YOUR_SHORTNAME Smile

modules/News/index.php function theindex
FIND

Code:

      $story_link = '<a href="news.html?amp;file=article&amp;sid=' . $sid . '">';

AFTER ADD (for shortlinks)

Code:

      if (defined('TNSL_USE_SHORTLINKS')){


      $articleurl = $nukeurl.'/article'.$sid.'.html';


      }else{


      $articleurl = $nukeurl.'/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid='.$sid;


      }

FIND

Code:

      if ($articlecomm == 1 AND $acomm == 0) {


         if ($c_count == 0) {


            $morelink .= $story_link . _COMMENTSQ . '</a>';


         } elseif ($c_count == 1) {


            $morelink .= $story_link . $c_count . ' ' . _COMMENT . '</a>';


         } elseif ($c_count > 1) {


            $morelink .= $story_link . $c_count . ' ' . _COMMENTS . '</a>';


         }


      }

REPLACE WITH

Code:

      $morelink .= '<a href="'.$articleurl.'#disqus_thread">Comments</a>';

FIND

Code:

   include_once 'footer.php';

BEFORE ADD

Code:

   echo '<script type="text/javascript">'."\n";


   echo '    var disqus_shortname = \'YOUR_SHORTNAME\';'."\n";


   echo '    (function () {'."\n";


   echo '        var s = document.createElement(\'script\'); s.async = true;'."\n";


   echo '        s.type = \'text/javascript\';'."\n";


   echo '        s.src = \'http://disqus.com/forums/\' + disqus_shortname + \'/count.js\';'."\n";


   echo '        (document.getElementsByTagName(\'HEAD\')[0] || document.getElementsByTagName(\'BODY\')[0]).appendChild(s);'."\n";


   echo '    }());'."\n";


   echo '</script>'."\n";

also note i did not test this as I'm using TON, but it should work Wink

Regular Joined: Nov 01, 2010 Posts: 15

it does not want to count. (0 Comments)

spasticdonkey wrote:

notice you do not use language defines as those settings are configured @ disqus
yourshortnamehere.disqus.com/admin/settings/appearance/

what do you mean with it? the language defines from the nuke?
i don't have a lang selection on /admin/settings/appearance/ @ disqus.

Super Dev Donkey Joined: May 08, 2009 Posts: 57 votes: 1

Disqus replaces the "Comments" text with what you specify at yourshortname.disqus.com/admin/settings/appearance/

Code:

<a href="'.$articleurl.'#disqus_thread">Comments</a>

As for the comment count, it will only count comments made at the target of the link. Try making a new comment and see if it updates. Any prior comments that did not specify the disqus_url or used a different disqus_identifier may not be counted. The fact that it is displaying "0 comment"s tells me the script is working, it's just not able to find any posts attached to that URL.

I would also view the html source of both the news index and article page, and make sure that the link from the news index and the disqus_url used on articles is the same... it should be Smile

Regular Joined: Nov 01, 2010 Posts: 15

i have the same generated articleurl in both files but it does not want to count. i am testing local install with xampp and switch the disqus_developer to 1 in both files. is the localserver the problem?

greetz

Super Dev Donkey Joined: May 08, 2009 Posts: 57 votes: 1

that's very possible, I have not tried it on a local install.

there is the non-compliant version, I don't really recommend it but it supposedly counts more reliably

Code:

<a href="'.$articleurl.'#disqus_thread" data-disqus-identifier="'.$module_name.'-'.$sid.'">Comments</a>

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